i3-4100E vs A4-1200

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Primary details

Comparing A4-1200 and Core i3-4100E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2356
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Core i3
Power efficiencyno data2.98
Architecture codenameTemash (2013)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)4 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$225

Detailed specifications

A4-1200 and Core i3-4100E basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm22 nm
Die size246 mm2118 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-1200 and Core i3-4100E compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFT3Intel BGA1364
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-1200 and Core i3-4100E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVXno data
AES-NI+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-1200 and Core i3-4100E are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-1200 and Core i3-4100E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 8180Intel HD Graphics 4600

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A4-1200 369
i3-4100E 1848
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 May 2013 4 September 2013
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 37 Watt

A4-1200 has 825% lower power consumption.

i3-4100E, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, 100% more threads, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A4-1200 and Core i3-4100E. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD A4-1200
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